Mpox in United Kingdom ex Uganda
On 29 November 2024, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported one new case of clade Ib mpox in England. This is the fifth clade Ib mpox case confirmed in England for 2024. This case has no known links to previous cases. All four previous cases lived in the same household and have fully recovered. Risk to the UK population remains low. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on mpox.
Mpox in United Kingdom
On 6 November 2024, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported that one further case of clade Ib mpox has been detected in a household contact of the first case reported on 30 October 2024. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to four, all from the same household. The index case had recently travelled to African countries reporting community cases. The risk to the UK population remains low. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on mpox.
Mpox in United Kingdom
On 4 November 2024, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) reported that two cases of clade Ib mpox have been detected in household contacts of a first case reported on 30 October 2024. This brings the total number of confirmed clade Ib mpox cases to three. The index case had recently travelled to countries in Africa that are seeing community cases of the disease. The risk to the UK population remains low. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on mpox.
Mpox in United Kingdom ex Africa
As of 30th October 2024, a single confirmed case of clade Ib mpox has been reported. The risk to the UK population remains low. This is the first detection of this clade of mpox in the UK. The individual had recently travelled to countries in Africa that are seeing community cases of clade Ib mpox. Please see our Topics in Brief article for further details on mpox.
